(C) 2003, Tim Maher       1-39       www.TeachMePerl.com
Custom Field Separators


to specify non-standard field separators
provide literal characters, or regular expression after -F option
$ tail -2 /etc/passwd
timm:x:213:100:Tim Maher:/home/timm:/bin/bash
spug:x:10012:200:SPUG:/home/spug:/bin/ksh
  0  1   2    3    4       5        6<- field numbers
$ perl -wlnaF':' -e 'print "@F[0,6]";'
timm /bin/bash
spug /bin/ksh
. . .
$